City of Seattle Records

606 JOURNAL OF THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE Sep 7 1888 Ordered that the Chief of Police notify the owners of property on Mill Street where the sidewalk had been condemned to at once rebuild said sidewalk. Ordered that the City Attorney prepare a profile of a proper grade for Bluff Street and submit to the Council at the next regular meeting. Ordered that the City Clerk advertise for Bids for Lighting the Streets, doing the city printing furnishing lamp posts etc for the ensuing year. Ordered that the matter of grading the alley between Main & Jackson & Commercial & South Second Streets be referred to the Street Committee & the matter of laying a sewer in said alley be referred to the Committee on Sewers & Drainage. Ordinances 990 An Ordinance is submitted by the City Attorney entitled "An Ordinance fixing the limits of the benefits and protection afforded by the contract for the supply of water made by the City with the Spring Hill Water Company and within which property shall by subject to a special tax to pay the water rent according to said contract" which is passed by the following vote viz:In favor of the same Burns, Durie, Green,Jones, McCombs, Mc Donald, Niesz & Reitze Against the same none. 989 An Ordinance is submitted by the City Attorney entitled "An Ordinance fixing the limits of the benefits fo Street Light provided by the City and within which property shall be subject to a special tax for lighting the streets" which is passed by the following vote viz:In favor

608 JOURNAL OF THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE Sep 21 1888 Be it remembered that on this 21st day of September A D 1888 the Common Coouncilof the Cityof Seattle meets in its Council Chamber pursuant to law. The following officers are present to wit: Mayor Robt Moran and Councilmen Burns, Durie, Green, Jones, McCombs, McDonald and Reitze. the following proceedings are had to wit: Petitions etc. Petition of Wm H Cowie for permission to raise and move wooden building in rear of his premises on East side of South Second Street between Mill & Washington Streets, read and referred to Com on Fire & Water. Petition of the Puget Sound Improvement Company asking that the provision of Ordinance No 837 relating to the widening of Second Street be carried into effect read and referred to the Street Committee Petition of the Puget Sound Improvement Company to have Second Street planked from James Street to Marion Street read and referred to the Committee on Streets Petitionof W F Dearborn to have the name of Cedar Street in Bell's Addition changed so as to not interfere with Cedar Street in Terry's 1st Addition read and referred to Street committee. Petition of M Keezer for permission to raise sidewalk on Terrace Street read and referred to the Street Com. Petition of W W Burritt & others for a sewer in Virginia Street, read and referred to Com of Sewers & Drainage Petition of W Copeland and others for a drain ditch on Tenth Street from Howell to Depot Street read and referred to Street Committee.

641 COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SEATTLE Nov 2 1888 on Kentucky, Harrison, Temperance, Roy, Light and Bluff Streets, read and granted. Petition of Chester Cleary for permission to build addition in rear of his store on East side of Front Street read and on motion tabled. Petition of Geo Kinnear for permission to lay sidewalks on Roy, Light, and Banner Streets, read and granted. the work to be done under the supervision of the City Surveyor. Petition of Puget Sound Navigation Company for the opening of Pine Street in South Seattle West to the City limits, read and granted. Petition of Chas Armstrong and others for the planking of Main and South Second Street, read and referred to the Street Comittee with power to act. Petition of O N Morse & others for permission to raise the sidewalk around the Arlington House ten inches above the grade read and on motion tables and Mr Morse be notified to lower his sidewalk to grade. Petition A W Engle and others for change of grade on Tenth Street at Jefferson Street read and granted. Petition of J L Kehaley and others for opening alley through Block 47 Terry's 1st Addn read and referred to Street Com. Petition of Toklas and Singerman and others for planking alley in Block "M" Terry's 3rd Addn read and referred to Street Committe. Petition of the Pacific Coast Detective Agency for